Written Answers Tuesday 8 August 2006

Scottish Executive

Alcohol Misuse

Margaret Mitchell (Central Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many children have been charged with under-age drinking in each local authority area in each of the last five years, broken down into (a) 8, (b) 9, (c) 10, (d) 11, (e) 12, (f) 13, (g) 14, (h) 15, (i) 16 and (j) 17-year-olds.

Hugh Henry: Statistics on persons charged by the police are not available centrally. Relevant information on under 18 year olds proceeded against in Scottish Courts for under-age drinking by local authority area is given in the following table.

  Persons Aged 16 and Under(1) Proceeded Against for Under-Age Drinking (2) (3), by Local Authority Area(4) 2000-01 to 2004-05

  

 Local Authority Area
 2000-01
 2001-02
 2002-03
 2003-04
 2004-05


 Aberdeen City
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Aberdeenshire 
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Angus 
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Argyll & Bute 
 -
 -
 -
 -
 1


 Clackmannanshire 
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Dumfries & Galloway
 -
 -
 1
 -
 -


 Dundee City 
 3
 1
 1
 2
 2


 East Ayrshire 
 1
 1
 2
 4
 3


 East Dunbartonshire
 1
 -
 1
 5
 2


 East Lothian
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 East Renfrewshire 
 -
 -
 -
 1
 -


 Edinburgh, City of
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Eilean Siar
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Falkirk 
 -
 -
 1
 1
 2


 Fife 
 -
 -
 2
 -
 1


 Glasgow City 
 5
 11
 10
 6
 9


 Highland 
 -
 1
 -
 1
 -


 Inverclyde 
 1
 -
 1
 1
 -


 Midlothian 
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Moray
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 North Ayrshire 
 -
 -
 1
 1
 4


 North Lanarkshire 
 4
 6
 5
 4
 19


 Orkney
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Perth & Kinross 
 -
 -
 -
 1
 -


 Renfrewshire 
 -
 2
 -
 -
 -


 Scottish Borders 
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Shetland Islands
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 South Ayrshire 
 -
 -
 5
 1
 1


 South Lanarkshire 
 3
 7
 2
 4
 9


 Stirling 
 -
 -
 1
 -
 -


 West Dunbartonshire
 -
 1
 -
 1
 1


 West Lothian 
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Scotland
 18
 30
 33
 33
 54



  1. Includes three 15 year olds: one proceeded against in 2003-04 in Dundee City, the other two proceeded against in 2004-05 in East Ayrshire and Fife.

  2. Where main offence.

  3. Includes persons aged under 18 proceeded against for buying excisable liquor or consuming in a bar, or for contraventions of bye-laws prohibiting the consumption of alcohol in designated places.

  4. Incorporates an approximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will deal with cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authority areas, including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

  Persons Aged 17 Proceeded Against for Under-Age Drinking (1) (2), by Local Authority Area(3) 2000-01 to 2004-05

  

 Local Authority Area
 2000-01
 2001-02
 2002-03
 2003-04
 2004-05


 Aberdeen City
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Aberdeenshire 
 -
 -
 -
 1
 -


 Angus 
 -
 2
 -
 1
 1


 Argyll & Bute 
 3
 6
 2
 2
 4


 Clackmannanshire 
 -
 -
 -
 -
 3


 Dumfries & Galloway
 1
 -
 -
 -
 1


 Dundee City 
 3
 8
 7
 4
 1


 East Ayrshire 
 4
 3
 4
 12
 12


 East Dunbartonshire
 3
 3
 4
 3
 5


 East Lothian
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 East Renfrewshire 
 -
 2
 -
 2
 3


 Edinburgh, City of
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Eilean Siar
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Falkirk 
 1
 1
 2
 2
 2


 Fife 
 1
 1
 -
 5
 4


 Glasgow City 
 12
 44
 25
 22
 24


 Highland 
 -
 -
 6
 1
 1


 Inverclyde 
 2
 1
 4
 1
 1


 Midlothian 
 -
 -
 2
 -
 -


 Moray
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 North Ayrshire 
 2
 2
 1
 5
 5


 North Lanarkshire 
 14
 10
 21
 26
 52


 Orkney
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Perth & Kinross 
 1
 -
 1
 1
 -


 Renfrewshire 
 3
 -
 3
 -
 2


 Scottish Borders 
 -
 -
 -
 -
 1


 Shetland Islands
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 South Ayrshire 
 -
 -
 9
 16
 1


 South Lanarkshire 
 15
 32
 14
 13
 13


 Stirling 
 -
 -
 2
 -
 5


 West Dunbartonshire
 2
 3
 2
 5
 2


 West Lothian 
 -
 1
 1
 3
 2


 Scotland
 67
 119
 110
 125
 145



  1. Where main offence.

  2. Includes persons aged under 18 proceeded against for buying excisable liquor or consuming in a bar, or for contraventions of bye-laws prohibiting the consumption of alcohol in designated places.

  3. Incorporates an approximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will deal with cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authority areas, including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

Antisocial Behaviour

David McLetchie (Edinburgh Pentlands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many antisocial behaviour orders have been (a) applied for by local authorities and (b) subsequently granted in each year since their introduction, broken down by local authority area.

Hugh Henry: The Scottish Executive is currently collecting annual data on the use of antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) via a survey undertaken by DTZ Pieda Consulting and Heriot-Watt University. This survey began in 2003-04. Figures on the number of applications for antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) made by each Local Authority are provided in the following Table1.

  Data on the number of ASBOs granted in each Local Authority area which has been supplied by our research was not disaggregated to show which originated from Local Authorities and Registered Social Landlords. Table 2.5 of ‘Use of Antisocial Behaviour Orders in Scotland: Report of the 2004-05 Survey’ (available on the Scottish Executive website) provides figures which include both. For the purposes of this PQ we asked DTZ Pieda and Heriot-Watt University if they could disaggregate the figures for 2004-05. The final column of the following table shows the number of Local Authority applications for full ASBOs that were subsequently granted in that financial year.

  Table 1: ASBO applications by Local Authorities 2003-04 to 2004-05 and orders granted in 2004-05

  

 


 Local Authority
 Applications  2003/04
 Applications 2004/05
 Orders granted 2004/05


 Aberdeen City
 12
 11
 11


 Aberdeenshire
 0
 0
 0


 Angus
 2
 3
 3


 Argyll & Bute
 0
 0
 0


 Clackmannanshire
 1
 4
 2


 Dumfries and Galloway
 5
 16
 6


 Dundee City
 21
 13
 8


 East Ayrshire
 4
 6
 5


 East Dunbartonshire
 0
 0
 0


 East Lothian
 2
 1
 1


 East Renfrewshire
 1
 4
 3


 Edinburgh, City of
 4
 24
 11


 Eilean Siar
 0
 1
 1


 Falkirk
 1
 8
 2


 Fife
 18
 16
 14


 Glasgow
 0
 0
 0


 Highland
 5
 12
 12


 Inverclyde
 0
 6
 6


 Midlothian
 0
 3
 2


 Moray
 3
 1
 1


 North Ayrshire
 0
 9
 4


 North Lanarkshire
 39
 25
 23


 Orkney Islands
 2
 1
 0


 Perth & Kinross
 0
 5
 5


 Renfrewshire
 13
 15
 14


 Scottish Borders
 6
 12
 10


 Shetland Islands
 1
 0
 1


 South Ayrshire
 1
 2
 2


 South Lanarkshire
 20
 14
 7


 Stirling
 15
 9
 4


 West Dunbartonshire
 3
 5
 4


 West Lothian
 4
 7
 7


 Total
 183
 233
 169



  Source: The Use of Antisocial Behaviour Orders in Scotland: Results of the 2004-05 Survey (DTZ Pieda Consulting and Heriot-Watt University) and Communities Scotland Annual Performance Statistical Returns.

Antisocial Behaviour

David McLetchie (Edinburgh Pentlands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many antisocial behavour orders have been (a) applied for by registered social landlords and (b) subsequently granted in each year since their introduction, broken down by local authority area.

Hugh Henry: The available data on Antisocial Behaviour Order (ASBO) applications by Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) and applications that were subsequently granted are presented in the following table. The power to apply for ASBOs was extended to RSLs on 27 June 2003. The financial year 2004-05 is therefore the first full year for which we have data.

  Table 1: The use of full ASBOs by Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) 2004-05

  

Local Authority
RSL ASBO applications
RSL ASBO applications that were subsequently granted


Aberdeen City
3
3


Aberdeenshire
0
0


Angus
3
2


Argyll & Bute
0
0


Clackmannanshire
0
0


Dumfries and Galloway
6
7


Dundee City
3
3


East Ayrshire
0
0


East Dunbartonshire
0
0


East Lothian
0
0


East Renfrewshire
0
0


Edinburgh, City of
0
0


Eilean Siar
0
0


Falkirk
0
0


Fife
4
3


Glasgow
15
13


Highland
0
0


Inverclyde
1
0


Midlothian
3
3


Moray
0
0


North Ayrshire
0
0


North Lanarkshire
0
0


Orkney Islands
0
1


Perth & Kinross
2
0


Renfrewshire
0
0


Scottish Borders
0
0


Shetland Islands
0
0


South Ayrshire
2
0


South Lanarkshire
0
0


Stirling
2
1


West Dunbartonshire
0
0


West Lothian
0
0


Total
44 
36 



  Source: Calculation by DTZ Peida Consulting and Heriot-Watt University based on Communities Scotland Annual Performance Statistical Returns 2004-05.

  NOTE: In some areas the number of orders granted exceeds the number of orders imposed by 1. This is because some of the orders granted in 2004-05 were in respect of applications made before that year.

Antisocial Behaviour

David McLetchie (Edinburgh Pentlands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many interim antisocial behaviour orders have been (a) applied for by local authorities and (b) subsequently granted in each year since their introduction, broken down by local authority area.

Hugh Henry: The Scottish Executive is currently collecting annual data on the use of antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) via a survey undertaken by DTZ Pieda Consulting and Heriot-Watt University. Data on the number of applications for interim ASBOs is not being collected as part of this survey. However, the survey has collected information on the number of interim ASBOs that have been granted . The figures for each Local Authority area are provided in the following table. The power to impose interim ASBOs came into effect on 27 June 2003 and so the financial year 2004-05 is the first full year for which we have data.

  Interim ASBOs that were instigated by Local Authorities 2004-05

  

 Area
 Interim ASBOs granted


 Aberdeen City
 4


 Aberdeenshire
 0


 Angus
 2


 Argyll & Bute
 0


 Clackmannanshire
 4


 Dumfries & Galloway
 19


 Dundee City
 10


 East Ayrshire
 1


 East Dunbartonshire
 0


 East Lothian
 1


 East Renfrewshire
 4


 Edinburgh, City of
 20


 Eilean Siar
 0


 Falkirk
 7


 Fife
 5


 Glasgow
 0


 Highland
 13


 Inverclyde
 4


 Midlothian
 3


 Moray
 0


 North Ayrshire
 9


 North Lanarkshire
 4


 Orkney Islands
 0


 Perth & Kinross
 4


 Renfrewshire
 19


 Scottish Borders
 2


 Shetland Islands
 0


 South Ayrshire
 0


 South Lanarkshire
 10


 Stirling
 6


 West Dunbartonshire
 1


 West Lothian
 7


 Total
 159



  Source: The Use of Antisocial Behaviour Orders in Scotland: Results of the 2004-05 Survey (DTZ Pieda Consulting and Heriot-Watt University) and Communities Scotland Annual Performance Statistical Returns 2004-05.

Antisocial Behaviour

David McLetchie (Edinburgh Pentlands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many interim antisocial behaviour orders have been (a) applied for by registered social landlords and (b) subsequently granted in each year since their introduction, broken down by local authority area.

Hugh Henry: The Scottish Executive is currently collecting annual data on the use of antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) via a survey undertaken by DTZ Pieda Consulting and Heriot-Watt University. Data on the number of applications for interim ASBOs is not being collected as part of this survey. However, the survey has collected information on the number of interim ASBOs that have been granted . Since the power to apply for ASBOs was not extended to RSLs until 27 June 2003, the financial year 2004-05 is the first full year for which we have data about the use that RSLs are making of this power. In that year only 22 of the 181 interim ASBOs that were granted were initiated by RSLs and these cases were located in only 8 Local Authority areas. The 8 Local Authority areas and the number of ASBOs from each are shown in the following table.

  Interim ASBO application by Registered Social Landlords that were granted in 2004-05 by local authority area.

  

 Area
 Interim ASBOs granted 2004-05


 Aberdeen City
 3


 Angus
 2


 Dundee City
 3


 Edinburgh, City of
 1


 Fife
 1


 Glasgow
 9


 Stirling
 2


 Orkney Islands
 1


 Total 
 22



  Source: The Use of Antisocial Behaviour Orders in Scotland: Results of the 2004-05 Survey (DTZ Pieda Consulting and Heriot-Watt University) and Communities Scotland Annual Performance Statistical Returns 2004-05.

Antisocial Behaviour

David McLetchie (Edinburgh Pentlands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many antisocial behaviour orders for under 16-year-olds have been (a) applied for by local authorities and (b) subsequently granted in each year since their introduction, broken down by local authority area.

David McLetchie (Edinburgh Pentlands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many antisocial behaviour orders for under 16-year-olds have been (a) applied for by registered social landlords and (b) subsequently granted in each year since their introduction, broken down by local authority area.

Hugh Henry: The Scottish Executive has no annual data on the number of applications for antisocial behaviour orders for under 16-year-olds.

  In 2004-05 no orders were granted in respect of this age group and in 2005-06 four orders were granted. Two of these were in Edinburgh, one in Renfrewshire and one in Dundee. All of the 4 orders that were granted in 2005-06 were in respect of applications made by Local Authorities rather than Registered Social Landlords (RSLs).

Antisocial Behaviour

David McLetchie (Edinburgh Pentlands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many dispersal orders have been (a) applied for and (b) granted in each year since their introduction, broken down by local authority area.

Hugh Henry: The Scottish Executive does not collate information on the number of applications for dispersal orders. Up to the end of March 2006, 6 dispersal orders had been granted in 4 locations across Scotland. Dispersal orders were granted in the following local authority areas – Aberdeen (2), City of Edinburgh (2), West Lothian (1) and Highland (1).

  This information is available in our community newsletter www.antisocialbehaviourscotland.com

Antisocial Behaviour

David McLetchie (Edinburgh Pentlands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many closure orders have been (a) applied for and (b) granted in each year since their introduction, broken down by local authority area.

Hugh Henry: The Scottish Executive currently has no annual data on the number of applications for closure orders. This information will be available in due course. The number of closure orders granted under the Antisocial Behaviour (Scotland) Act 2004, by each local authority area from October 2004 up to the end of March 2006 is shown in the following table.

  

 Closure Orders from October 2004 to 31 March 2006, by Local Authority Area


 
 


 Angus
 1


 Dundee
 1


 Perth & Kinross
 1


 Fife
 2


 Aberdeen
 1


 City of Edinburgh
 2


 Dumfries & Galloway
 2


 Glasgow City
 1

Bathing Waters

Brian Adam (Aberdeen North) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has discussed with Aberdeen City Council the safety implications of the plans to protect Aberdeen’s sea beach for users of the beach.

Rhona Brankin: The safety of users of the public beach is a matter for Aberdeen City Council, not Scottish Ministers.

Bathing Waters

Brian Adam (Aberdeen North) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans to monitor the safety implications of the proposals to protect Aberdeen’s sea beach for users of the beach.

Rhona Brankin: The safety of users of Aberdeen beach is a matter for Aberdeen City Council. However, I understand that the Council already monitors the existing coast protection measures at the beach and that this regime will be extended to cover the new measures.

Bathing Waters

Brian Adam (Aberdeen North) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any safety implications of the proposals to protect Aberdeen’s sea beach for users of the beach, in particular in respect of the deployment of rock armour.

Rhona Brankin: The scheme will address a major concern for public safety. It will avoid further erosion of the beach this winter which could have led to a collapse of the seawall and a consequential risk to public safety. It is for Aberdeen City Council to take steps to ensure the safety of users of the beach. I understand the Council has closed the affected section of the beach to the public for the construction period and will erect suitable notices on the beach warning of the presence of submerged rock groynes.

Coast Protection

Brian Adam (Aberdeen North) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received any representations about the safety implications of the plans to protect Aberdeen’s sea beach.

Rhona Brankin: There are a number of statutory routes for making representations about a proposed coast protection scheme – under navigation, coast protection and planning legislation. No representations were received about any safety implications of Aberdeen City Council’s proposed scheme at Aberdeen beach.

Crime

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of cases of each category of crime, as reported to the police or other authority, resulted in a (a) conviction in Scottish court, (b) reference to a children’s panel and (c) conviction in a jurisdiction outwith Scotland, in each year since 1999.

Hugh Henry: This information is not centrally available. Figures for the numbers of crimes recorded by the police are published annually in the statistical bulletin Recorded Crime in  Scotland. Figures for the numbers of convictions in Scottish Courts are published annually in the statistical bulletin Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts . Figures on children referred on care and protection and/or offence grounds are collated and published in the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration Annual Reports  and Youth Justice reports . Copies of the most recent editions are all available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. numbers 37835, 39481, 37974, and 40065 respectively).

Drug Misuse

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has carried out into the impact of any increase in the supply of class A drugs in Scotland originating from Afghanistan following the invasion by US, UK and other NATO forces in 2001.

Hugh Henry: No such research has been carried out by the Scottish Executive.

Drug Misuse

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many registered class A drug users there have been in Scotland in each year since the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.

Hugh Henry: There is no central register of problem drug misusers in Scotland.

Drug Misuse

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of class A drugs in circulation in Scotland it estimates originate from Afghanistan.

Hugh Henry: Information on the percentage of class A drugs in Scotland estimated to originate from Afghanistan is not held centrally.

  At the UK level, however, the "UK Threat Assessment 2006-07", published by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) on 31 July 2006 estimates that 90% of the UK's identified heroin supply originates in Afghanistan. The report is available at: http://www.soca.gov.uk/assessPublications/downloads/threat_assess_unclass_250706.pdf.

Education

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton (Lothians) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-20004 by Peter Peacock on 8 November 2005, what progress it has made in securing data on how many local authority-employed (a) teachers and (b) additional support assistants have (i) a Bachelor of Education, (ii) a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education and (iii) other qualifications in (1) inclusive and special education, (2) specific learning difficulties, (3) hearing impairment, (4) visual impairment, (5) autistic spectrum disorder and (6) behavioural support, broken down into primary, secondary and special schools and by local authority area.

Peter Peacock: There was an improvement in the quality of the data in the 2005 census. The Executive continues to work with local authorities to improve data quality. However, teacher qualification data are collected in order to provide a general overview to inform national workforce planning, and the data requested here are not considered robust.

  The core modules of all courses of initial teacher education include special educational needs elements.

  Information on the qualifications of additional support staff is not collected centrally.

  Estimated1 Number of Primary Teachers with BEd Qualifications

  

 
 SEN  General
 Learning  Difficulties
 Hearing  Impairment
 Visual  Impairment
 Behavioural  Support
 Physical  Disabilities


 Aberdeen City
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Aberdeenshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Angus
 -
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -


 Dumfries and Galloway
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 East Ayrshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Falkirk
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Fife
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Glasgow City
 -
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -


 Highland
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Midlothian
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Moray
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Orkney Islands
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 South Lanarkshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 Scotland
 5
 10
 *
 -
 -
 -



  Note: 1. data have been scaled up for non-response.

  Estimated1 Number of Primary Teachers with PGCE/PGDE Qualifications

  

 
 SEN  General
 Learning  Difficulties
 Hearing  Impairment
 Visual  Impairment
 Behavioural  Support
 Physical  Disabilities


 Aberdeen City
 *
 5
 *
 *
 *
 -


 Aberdeenshire
 5
 7
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Argyll and Bute
 *
 -
 *
 -
 -
 -


 Clackmannanshire
 -
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Dumfries and Galloway
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Dundee City
 *
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 East Ayrshire
 *
 -
 6
 -
 *
 -


 East Renfrewshire
 -
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Edinburgh, City of
 -
 *
 -
 7
 *
 -


 Eilean Siar
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Falkirk
 *
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -


 Fife
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Glasgow City
 5
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Highland
 -
 *
 -
 *
 -
 -


 Moray
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 North Ayrshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 North Lanarkshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Orkney Islands
 -
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Scottish Borders
 *
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Shetland Islands
 *
 -
 -
 -
 *
 -


 South Ayrshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 South Lanarkshire
 *
 -
 -
 -
 *
 -


 West Dunbartonshire
 *
 -
 -
 -
 *
 -


 West Lothian
 *
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Scotland
 42
 42
 10
 8
 30
 -



  Note: 1. Data have been scaled up for non-response.

  Estimated1 Number of Primary Teachers with Other Qualifications

  

 
 SEN  General
 Learning  Difficulties
 Hearing  Impairment
 Visual  Impairment
 Behavioural  Support
 Physical  Disabilities


 Aberdeen City
 *
 6
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Aberdeenshire
 *
 9
 *
 -
 *
 -


 Angus
 5
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Dumfries and Galloway
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Dundee City
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 East Ayrshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 East Dunbartonshire
 *
 -
 -
 -
 *
 -


 East Lothian
 *
 -
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Edinburgh, City of
 *
 5
 -
 -
 -
 *


 Eilean Siar
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Falkirk
 *
 *
 -
 -
 *
 *


 Fife
 *
 9
 *
 *
 *
 -


 Glasgow City
 7
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Highland
 8
 *
 -
 *
 *
 -


 Inverclyde
 -
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Midlothian
 -
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Moray
 -
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 North Ayrshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 5
 -


 North Lanarkshire
 *
 *
 *
 -
 *
 -


 Orkney Islands
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Renfrewshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Scottish Borders
 *
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 South Ayrshire
 -
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 South Lanarkshire
 *
 -
 *
 -
 -
 -


 West Dunbartonshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Scotland
 56
 49
 6
 *
 26
 *



  Note: 1. Data have been scaled-up for non-response

  Estimated1 Number of Secondary Teachers with BEd Qualifications

  

 
 SEN  General
 Learning  Difficulties
 Hearing  Impairment
 Visual  Impairment
 Behavioural  Support
 Physical  Disabilities


 Aberdeen City
 *
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Aberdeenshire
 -
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -


 Angus
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Fife
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Highland
 -
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -


 North Ayrshire
 -
 -
 *
 -
 *
 -


 South Ayrshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Scotland
 7
 6
 *
 -
 *
 -



  Note: 1. Data have been scaled up for non-response.

  Estimated1 Number of Secondary Teachers with PGCE/PGDE Qualifications

  

 
 SEN  General
 Learning  Difficulties
 Hearing  Impairment
 Visual  Impairment
 Behavioural  Support
 Physical  Disabilities


 Aberdeen City
 *
 7
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Aberdeenshire
 *
 11
 *
 -
 *
 -


 Angus
 6
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Dumfries and Galloway
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Dundee City
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 East Ayrshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 East Dunbartonshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 East Lothian
 -
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Edinburgh, City of
 *
 6
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Eilean Siar
 -
 *
 -
 -
 -
 *


 Falkirk
 *
 *
 -
 -
 *
 *


 Fife
 *
 11
 *
 *
 *
 -


 Glasgow City
 8
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -


 Highland
 9
 *
 -
 *
 *
 -


 Inverclyde
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Midlothian
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Moray
 *
 -
 -
 -
 *
 -


 North Ayrshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 6
 -


 North Lanarkshire
 *
 *
 *
 -
 *
 -


 Orkney Islands
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Renfrewshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Scottish Borders
 *
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 South Ayrshire
 -
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 South Lanarkshire
 *
 -
 *
 -
 -
 -


 West Dunbartonshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 West Lothian
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Scotland
 66
 57
 7
 *
 30
 *



  Note: 1. Data have been scaled up for non-response.

  Estimated1 Number of Secondary Teachers with Other Qualifications

  

 
SEN General
Learning Difficulties
Hearing Impairment
Visual Impairment
Behavioural Support
Physical Disabilities


 Aberdeen City
 36
 26
 *
 -
 9
 *


 Aberdeenshire
 53
 55
 *
 -
 19
 *


 Angus
 32
 13
 -
 -
 6
 *


 Argyll and Bute
 *
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Clackmannanshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 *


 Dumfries and Galloway
 9
 7
 *
 -
 *
 *


 Dundee City
 9
 12
 *
 -
 6
 *


 East Ayrshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 East Dunbartonshire
 6
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 East Lothian
 *
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 East Renfrewshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Edinburgh, City of
 13
 21
 -
 -
 *
 *


 Eilean Siar
 7
 6
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Falkirk
 *
 12
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Fife
 34
 34
 *
 -
 11
 *


 Glasgow City
 21
 7
 -
 -
 *
 *


 Highland
 28
 37
 *
 -
 *
 *


 Inverclyde
 12
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Midlothian
 *
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Moray
 15
 19
 -
 -
 *
 *


 North Ayrshire
 9
 7
 *
 -
 19
 *


 North Lanarkshire
 11
 8
 7
 -
 *
 *


 Orkney Islands
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Perth and Kinross
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Renfrewshire
 6
 6
 -
 -
 *
 *


 Scottish Borders
 12
 8
 *
 -
 *
 *


 Shetland Islands
 *
 *
 *
 -
 *
 -


 South Ayrshire
 8
 6
 -
 -
 *
 *


 South Lanarkshire
 6
 *
 *
 -
 *
 -


 Stirling
 *
 7
 -
 -
 *
 *


 West Dunbartonshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 West Lothian
 6
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Scotland
 367
 326
 26
 -
 115
 14



  Note: 1. Data have been scaled-up for non-response.

  Estimated1 Number of Special Teachers with BEd Qualifications

  

 
 SEN  General
 Learning  Difficulties
 Hearing  Impairment
 Visual  Impairment
 Behavioural  Support
 Physical  Disabilities


 Aberdeen City
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Argyll and Bute
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Clackmannanshire
 -
 -
 -
 *
 *
 -


 Dumfries and Galloway
 -
 -
 -
 *
 *
 -


 Dundee City
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 East Ayrshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Fife
 -
 -
 -
 *
 *
 -


 Glasgow City
 *
 12
 -
 *
 -
 -


 North Ayrshire
 6
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 North Lanarkshire
 -
 20
 -
 -
 -
 -


 South Ayrshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 South Lanarkshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Stirling
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 West Lothian
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Scotland
 16
 40
 -
 *
 *
 -



  Note: 1. Data have been scaled-up for non-response.

  Estimated1 Number of Special Teachers with PGCE/PGDE Qualifications

  

 
 SEN  General
 Learning  Difficulties
 Hearing  Impairment
 Visual  Impairment
 Behavioural  Support
 Physical  Disabilities


 Aberdeen City
 *
 *
 *
 *
 *
 -


 Aberdeenshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Argyll and Bute
 *
 -
 *
 -
 -
 -


 East Ayrshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 East Dunbartonshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Edinburgh, City of
 *
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Falkirk
 *
 -
 7
 -
 *
 -


 Fife
 *
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Glasgow City
 7
 10
 *
 8
 *
 -


 Highland
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Inverclyde
 *
 -
 *
 -
 -
 -


 North Ayrshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 North Lanarkshire
 *
 9
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Renfrewshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 South Ayrshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 South Lanarkshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 West Dunbartonshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 West Lothian
 6
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 Scotland
 45
 40
 11
 9
 19
 -



  Note: 1. Data have been scaled up for non-response.

  Estimated1 Number of Special Teachers with Other Qualifications

  

 
 SEN general
 Learning Difficulties
 Hearing Impairment
 Visual Impairment
 Behavioural Support
 Physical Disabilities


 Aberdeen City
 29
 17
 *
 *
 10
 *


 Aberdeenshire
 8
 18
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Argyll and Bute
 *
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -


 Clackmannanshire
 9
 *
 -
 *
 -
 -


 Dundee City
 10
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 East Ayrshire
 *
 6
 -
 -
 *
 *


 East Dunbartonshire
 *
 11
 -
 -
 *
 -


 East Renfrewshire
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 *


 Edinburgh, City of
 22
 25
 -
 *
 *
 -


 Falkirk
 10
 *
 6
 *
 7
 -


 Fife
 13
 8
 -
 *
 *
 -


 Glasgow City
 48
 34
 7
 *
 *
 -


 Highland
 *
 *
 -
 *
 -
 -


 Inverclyde
 -
 6
 *
 -
 -
 *


 Midlothian
 8
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 North Ayrshire
 16
 *
 -
 -
 -
 *


 North Lanarkshire
 12
 22
 -
 -
 6
 -


 Perth and Kinross
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Renfrewshire
 17
 8
 *
 -
 -
 *


 South Ayrshire
 10
 6
 -
 -
 -
 -


 South Lanarkshire
 18
 7
 *
 -
 -
 *


 Stirling
 *
 *
 -
 -
 -
 -


 West Dunbartonshire
 -
 *
 -
 -
 *
 -


 West Lothian
 10
 6
 *
 -
 -
 *


 Scotland
 260
 193
 24
 9
 39
 10



  Notes:

  1. Data have been scaled up for non-response.

  All figures are headcounts.

  *Means that the figure is less than five, or the figure has been removed to stop a figure less than five from being calculated from the total.

Education

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many foreign teachers, excluding language assistants, are working in maintained (a) primary and (b) secondary schools, broken down by (i) nationality and (ii) local authority area.

Peter Peacock: The Teacher census collects information on national identity in the following categories, Scottish, British English, Northern Irish, Welsh, Irish and Other. The following table shows the number of teachers identifying themselves as non-UK nationals.

  Number of Teachers (Headcount) with Non-UK National Identity by Local Authority, 2005

  

 Local Authority
 Total
 Primary
 Secondary
 Special


 Aberdeen City
 55
 23
 29
 3


 Aberdeenshire
 52
 16
 36
 -


 Angus
 39
 24
 15
 -


 Argyll & Bute
 17
 *
 11
 *


 Clackmannanshire
 15
 *
 10
 *


 Dumfries & Galloway
 44
 *
 38
 *


 Dundee City
 28
 13
 15
 -


 East Ayrshire
 19
 *
 13
 *


 East Dunbartonshire
 17
 *
 11
 *


 East Lothian
 17
 5
 12
 -


 East Renfrewshire
 13
 5
 8
 -


 Edinburgh, City of
 140
 59
 71
 10


 Eilean Siar
 19
 12
 7
 -


 Falkirk
 14
 *
 8
 *


 Fife
 58
 21
 37
 -


 Glasgow City
 131
 49
 67
 15


 Highland
 99
 *
 56
 *


 Inverclyde
 10
 *
 *
 -


 Midlothian
 19
 10
 9
 -


 Moray
 20
 2
 18
 -


 North Ayrshire
 18
 *
 15
 *


 North Lanarkshire
 50
 *
 30
 *


 Orkney Islands
 9
 *
 *
 -


 Perth & Kinross
 19
 8
 11
 -


 Renfrewshire
 25
 9
 16
 -


 Scottish Borders
 31
 11
 20
 -


 Shetland Islands
 19
 11
 8
 -


 South Ayrshire
 31
 *
 17
 *


 South Lanarkshire
 21
 *
 12
 *


 Stirling
 12
 5
 7
 -


 West Dunbartonshire
 17
 *
 9
 *


 West Lothian
 37
 *
 24
 *


 Scotland
 1,115
 407
 653
 55



  Note: *Indicates a value under five or where a number less than five could be calculated. Some values less than five can be shown, due to the number of teachers with national identity not known.

  There were 926 teachers (headcount) in the 2004-05 census that gave a non-UK nationality. This might be a slight underestimate as the number of teachers who did not disclose their national identity fell from 3,479 in 2004 to 2,055 in 2005.

Education

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many educational premises have been declared unfit for use since 1997.

Peter Peacock: The management of educational premises falls to those responsible for them, for example, local authorities in the case of local authority schools. Detailed information of the kind requested is not held centrally.

Education

Robin Harper (Lothians) (Green): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-26661 by Peter Peacock on 19 June 2006, why the proposed duty to provide food and drink which meets defined nutrient standards will extend only to all pupils in local authority schools and not to all pupils in private schools.

Peter Peacock: The proposed legislation builds on the Scottish Executive’s existing Hungry for Success programme which does not extend to the independent sector. Schools in the independent sector are free to adopt the proposed nutrient standards if they so wish.

Education

Alex Johnstone (North East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what educational programmes and materials on the dangers of illegal knife carrying it has made available to schools.

Peter Peacock: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-26201 answered on 5 June 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search .

Education

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) permanent and (b) fixed period exclusions were imposed for bullying in each local education authority in each of the last 10 years.

Peter Peacock: The information requested is not held centrally.

  However, statistical information on exclusions where the reason for the exclusion is bullying is held for the period of 2003-04. This is contained within table 14 of the publication Exclusions from Schools, 2003/04 which is available from http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/02/20735/53114.

Ferry Services

Mr David Davidson (North East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the tendering of the main bundle of Clyde and Hebridean ferry services on the basis of Public Service Contracts would enable private ferry companies to operate on some or all of the individual routes alongside the tendered services.

Mr David Davidson (North East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the tendering of the main bundle of Clyde and Hebridean ferry services on the basis of Public Service Obligations would enable private ferry companies to operate on some or all of the individual routes alongside the tendered services.

Tavish Scott: Neither a Public Service Obligation (PSO) nor a Public Service Contract (PSC), which is the Executive’s chosen method of procuring the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services, offers exclusive rights to ferry operators.

Ferry Services

Mr David Davidson (North East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether an operator of last resort has been identified for the main bundle of Clyde and Hebridean ferry services.

Tavish Scott: I will be announcing the final service specification for the Clyde and Hebrides ferry service shortly. This will detail the contractual arrangements that will apply for the duration of the contract.

Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004

Sarah Boyack (Edinburgh Central) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive when it will issue its consultation on the technical specifications surrounding the use of snares under the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004.

Rhona Brankin: The consultation document will issue in due course.

Schools

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the required ratio is of toilets to (a) male and (b) female pupils in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools.

Peter Peacock: The School Premises (General Requirements and Standards) (Scotland) Regulations 1967 specify the minimum requirements for toilet provision in both primary and secondary schools, as follows:

  

 Number of Pupils
 Number of Toilets


 Every 15 pupils up to a total of 60
 2


 Every additional 30 pupils up to a total of 300
 2


 Every additional 60 pupils over 300 pupils
 2



  In mixed schools half the facilities must be for boys (with not more than one third of their toilets being water closets and the remainder, urinals).

Schools

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the required ratio is of toilets to (a) male and (b) female staff in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools.

Peter Peacock: In relation to staff toilets, the School Premises (General Requirements and Standards) (Scotland) Regulations 1967 specify only that such facilities be provided in every school.

Schools

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each local education authority have outdoor toilets that are still in use.

Peter Peacock: The information requested is not collected centrally.

Schools

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on repairing toilets in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the last 12 months.

Peter Peacock: The information requested is not collected centrally.

Teachers

Fiona Hyslop (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received any representations from post-probation teachers regarding difficulties in obtaining permanent employment.

Peter Peacock: The Scottish Executive has received 18 representations about 2005-06 probationers having difficulties in obtaining permanent employment. There are around 2,700 post-probationer teachers from this year’s Teacher Induction Scheme.

Teachers

Euan Robson (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how many head teacher posts in the current financial year are shared between schools, broken down by local authority area.

Peter Peacock: The 2005 Teacher Census provides the following information on shared headteacher posts. Information is not held in terms of financial years.

  

 Headteacher Posts Shared Across schools, by Local Authority, 2005


 Local Authority
 Number of Shared Headteacher Posts


 Aberdeenshire
 2


 Angus
 1


 Argyll & Bute
 2


 Dumfries & Galloway
 2


 East Dunbartonshire
 1


 East Lothian
 2


 Eilean Siar
 2


 Fife
 1


 Highland
 9


 Orkney Islands
 1


 Scottish Borders
 3


 Shetland Islands
 1


 South Lanarkshire
 1


 Stirling
 3



  This information may be incomplete as some headteachers may have only entered management information at one school.

Wildlife

Roseanna Cunningham (Perth) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the average sentence has been in each of the last five years in respect of convictions for (a) egg collecting, (b) the use of poison to kill or attempt to kill protected species and (c) illegal possession of proscribed pesticides.

Hugh Henry: The available information is given in the table.

  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Offences(1), 2000-01 to 2004-05

  

 Offence
 2000-01
 2001-02
 2002-03
 2003-04
 2004-05


 
 Number:


 Egg Collecting(2)
 2
 1
 -
 3
 -


 Kill or Attempt to Kill Protected Species(3)
 -
 2
 -
 -
 2


 Illegal possession of Pesticides(4)
 -
 -
 -
 1(5)
 1


 
 Average fine (£)


 Egg Collecting(2)
 550
 800
 -
 933
 -


 Kill or Attempt to Kill Protected Species(3)
 -
 1250
 -
 -
 975


 Illegal Possession of Pesticides(4)
 -
 -
 -
 -
 1200



  1. Where main offence.

  2. Sections 1(1)(c), 1(2)(b), 3(1)(a)(iii) and 6 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981.

  3. Sections 5(1), 9, 11 and 12 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981. Use of poison specifically is not separately identifiable in the data.

  4. The Control of Pesticides Regulations R4(4)(a/b).

  5. Offender admonished.